*BSD News Article 68768


Return to BSD News archive

Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail
From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: elm
Date: 16 May 1996 16:46:25 +0100
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
Lines: 28
Message-ID: <4nfikh$2gf@anorak.coverform.lan>
References: <4mvilq$6ln@adcmail.adc.com> <4n271v$25q@golden.pvrr.ru> <4n2rg7$1uq@uriah.heep.sax.de>
X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]

J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: jareth@golden.pvrr.ru (Oleg 'Jareth' Basoff) wrote:

: > Michael A. Dorin (mad@adc.com) wrote:
: > : Forgive me if I am asking lots of silly questions.  Can anybody give
: > : me the steps for getting elm running on my system?
: > 
: > just run configure and follow instructions.

: ...or simply get the `port' for it.  It comes pre-configured, so you
: don't even need to answer any questions.

: NB: the most common configuration error happens regarding the mailbox
: file locking.  Select either fcntl _OR_ flock, but _DON'T_ select
: dot-style locking.

Why not ?  Doesn't popper use that ?

: -- 
: cheers, J"org

: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
: Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)


--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....